(April 21, 2011 at 10:12 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: I think that might be the same place, Thor. One of the pieces of mail was a promise of a "prayer cloth" which if you send them a bunch of money, they'll send you the cloth which will somehow make your prayers that much stronger or some bullshit like that. There was also a bunch of other nonsense they were trying to sell, which, I guess if you were a poor religious person looking for your prayers of prosperity to be answered you'd fall for it, but to a rational person just smelled like a ripoff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Matthew's_Churches
It looks like the same place to me. I just received another one of their mailings recently and the bullshit testimonials are a riot.
"The Lord has healed my throat..." A.R.F, California
""I've gotten a new car and a job..." Mrs. O.C., Texas
"God made it possible for us to buy 17 acres of land..." R.T., Delaware
Etc, etc...
Of course, these testimonials are vague, nonspecific, bereft of detail and impossible to verify. Yeah, let's go looking for a "Mrs. O.C." in Texas! They'll be getting their "prayer rug" returned after I make a few modifications to it.
I could let them know who sent their crap back to them, but I want them to waste their money and repeatedly send me their garbage. If enough people do this, they'll eventually go bankrupt. Hallelujah!
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
